Straw-stacker



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J. L. SENTENEY.

STRAW STAOKER. No. 436,674. Patented Sept. 16, 1890.

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' J. L. $ENTENEY;

' STRAW BTAGKER. No. 436,674,

' Patented $eptu 16. 1890.,

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Pat entedvSept 16, 1890.

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imam 2'02 To all whom it may concern.-

UNITED ;-smT-E's* PATENT O FICE.

JAMES nsnnTnnnY, OF ooo s MILLS, ILLINOIS.

, S 'T'FiAW-"STAC KER.

' SPECIFICATION fo eleg part of Letters Fatent No.4:36,674, dated September 16,1890. e Application filed April 26,1889. Serial K0. 808,683 (No model.)

Be it known that I, JAMES L. SENTENniLe f citizen of theUnited States, residing at Cooks exact description of the invention, such as I will enable othersskilled in the art to which Mills, in the county of Ooles and State of Illinois, have invented certain new-and. useful- Improvements in Straw-Stackers; and I'do declare the following to be a-full, clear, andit appertains to make and use the same, reference heinghad to the accompanying drawings, and: to the letters' ofreference marked there0n,whi ch form a part of thisispecification.

This invention relates to straw-smokers, and has for-its object toiinprove the general construction of the same, whereby their efli :ciency is increased mid-they are-rendered more convenient tomanipulate.

ivide'simple means for automatically'swinge."

ing the carrier or stacker right and left, and which ,can be ,thrown out of-gea'r by the man on the stack, so that the stacker 'can bemoved to any desired point a tures and the peculiar construction and coin-j 1 bination of the parts, which will be hereinafe- The improvement consists of thenovel featernioi'e fully described and claimed, and

proved stacken. Fig. 2 is a reverse side view,

showing the parts connected therewith. Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3, showing the yoke reversed. Fig. 5 isv across-section'onthe line 'X X.of Fig. 4, lookingto'the-left. Fig. 6- isa .ly :SQ

parts heing'bro'k'en away, of the thrasher and stacker, the horizontal carrier being in sec- "tion. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the fifth wheel and 't-nrn-tableon an enlarged scale,

detail perspective view of the reversing-lever."

. .4 Fig. 7 is a detail persective vie'wof theyoke andthe shafts carried thereby. Fig. 8 is a top plan; view of theyoke and the reversinglever.v Fig. 9 is a detail section on iheline 9 9 of Fig. -5,'looki ng to the'righh-onj an .e'n-

larged scale; Fig. 10 is a top plan and aside view, respectively, of the castingI and bear-.

ing K. Fig. Cllis a side and atop plan view, respectively, of the casting L. Fig. 121s a top plan view of the fifth-wheel and the'ineclr perspective view of the yoke.- Fig. is a doe anisinlfor shifting the elevator. Fig.1?) is a detail section onvthe line X X' of Fig. 4, the shaft M being removed.- Fig. 14 is adetail tail perspective view'ofi the lever, showing the spring and stiffening-rod: connected therewithf represents a thrasher of ordinary construction,'beingshown to illustrate the'ap plication0fjmy invention.

, B is the fifthavheel, which'is nee-tee to'the 'thrasher, and on which the turn-table O is mounted, The horizontal carrier 1) is placed on the tum-table, and is protectedon its bot tonrby the metalcovering" d, which extends u'pover the front end of the said carrier, as n show'u'.- Theflaringshieldd' prcjectsnp from" l the front end and on the two sides of the can: A'further object of the invention is to pro-J herd) and prevents the windand-current of air from the machine carrying straw 01f the v carrier. The canvas shield orhoo'd E, ex-

tending from one sid'eot' the thrasher'to the,

. 7 5" the'two curved rods e and e that are attached other side in a semicircle,- is supported-"on at their ends to the sides of thethrashei', and I acts,.in-conjunction with-the shield d',topre-.

vent the wind blowing the, straw fromthe said carrier 1). The endless apron d of the carrier D passes over -rollers d and d? at the ends of the carrier, and the roller d iS-GX.

tended at one end and provided'withfthe double pulley d The stacker. comprising a series of sections- F, F, and-F that are hinged together, is

hinged or pivoted at its lower. end to the car riier D, and its outer end is reisedand. low-' ered by means of the Windlass G and the .-rope 1 F and thence over-p'ulleyf on the end of the g, which-latter extends from the outer section folding'derrick. f ,,that is 'supported'by the and provided wit-h. the pulley 7L2. The pul' leysih and (ll'are geared together by th'e belt 71 flhe casting I, secured to the under side of the turn-table, is provided with the toothed segment J. The bearing K, fastened to the turntable, may be scout-ed to or form part of the casting'fi, and is located diametrically op 'posite the bearing L, which is secured to the fifth-wheel B. The shaft M, journaled inbearing K, is provided a' its outer end with the pulley m, which a e w tnected by belt 70 with pulley (2 said passing over the guide-pulleys 7c", and '2. it inner end. with the bevel-pinion m; The bearing-L and"having pnlleyl on its outer end and. thebevel-pinion 1 on its inner end,

has a portion between its ends provided with a worm-thread l The bevel-pinion n. is mounted. on the pendant n so as to turn freely on same, an'd meshes with the bevel-pinions I m'an'd'l', cansingthetwo shafts M and-N t o revolve together at any relative adj es'tment.

The yokeO, pivoted between its ends on the stud o of bearing L, has two vertical bean ings o and 0', in which are journaled two :shafts P and P, that" have gearing at each end. The lower'ends of the shafts have wormgears 19, which are in mesh with thewornn thread l lon the shaft N, and the upper pinions p are-adapted to be thrown inandout of gear with the toothed segment J.

'enedby the rod s whi ch passes through an opening in the upper end of the stud 0 and" -whi'ch is engaged, with the pin 8 atthev end of the lever Q; The vertical extension g on the outer end of the lever Q is adapted to be struck by the tappets g on the .turn-table- O I "and reverse the lever Q, and consequently; change-the position of the 'yoke O and bring one pinion p out of mesh. with-the segment J aud-throw" the other pinion p in mesh with the said segmenhthereby reversing the motion of the stacker. The cord -'I, passing through staples t in the sides of the stacker,-

extendsfromthe outer end of the stacker to the;

4 projection g on the innerend of the yoke 0.

taftN; jonrnaled in =described. 2. The combinatiom-with the fifth-Wheel, the t urn-table, and the shat'tN, having worm thread 1 of the yoke, the shafts P and P;

.matically operate.

easem- By pulling on said cord the pinions-piwili be thrown out 0t gear with the segment J 5 and the stacker can be moved readily from right to left.

The operation of the invention is manifest from. the foregoing detailed description; reference being had to the annexed drawings.

However, it may be well to state that the power is transmitted from anysuitable part of-"the thrashingmaehine to the pnlley 'l the belt t, which passes over said pulley, I the 'pulley Z on the end of a shaft that jects from the side of the thrasher. Having thus described my invention. I clainnand desire to secure by Lette ent,is-- 4 1. The combination; with the fifth-"Nil eel and the turn-table having a toothedsegment, I I

as J of the shaft N, having a worm-thread on a portion thereof-, the yoke having vertical shafts, which shafts'ha've gearing .on'each end, the lower gearing being in mesh with the wornnthread on shaft N and the uppergear- -ing adapted to he thrown-in mesh with said segment,"s nbstantially as and for thepiirpose having gearing p and'p; and-the reversing lever Q,.substa ntially as set forth.

'Thecombination with-the fifthwheel the turn-tablaand-the yoke, oi the reversing lever adapted to engage withsaid yoke, and

tappetson the turn-table adapted to autothe lever Q, substantially as andfor-the'purpose,described. '4. Thecembinatio'n,withtheturn table and the yoke carrying mechanism to engage with and operate the turn-table, of the cord T, extending'froin the end of the stacker and connected with the said .yoke to disconnect the mechanism carried thereby from thesaid turn-table, substantially as and the purpose described.

. In testimony whereof I aiii'x my signatnrein" witnesses. JAMESL. SENTENEY. Witnesses:

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